photo: BrightSource Energy As the Nevada legislature debates extending tax breaks for large-scale solar power plants, a new report finds that ramping up solar development in the Silver State could produce thousands of good-paying green jobs while generating nearly $11 billion in economic benefits. The study from San Francisco-based non-profit Vote Solar concludes that 2,000 [...]
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Big Solar generates big green jobs: report
Posted in alternative energy, Ausra, BrightSource Energy, energy, eSolar, First Solar, green policy, green startups, green tech, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Stirling Energy Systems, SunPower, tagged Ausra, BrightSource Energy, First Solar, Large-Scale Solar Association, Nevada, solar tax incentives, Stirling Energy Systems, SunPower, Vote Solar on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
India inks exclusive solar deal
Posted in alternative energy, climate change, enviro startups, environment, eSolar, global warming, green startups, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, tagged ACME Group, eSolar, India, solar energy, solar power plants on March 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
photo: eSolar California startup eSolar said on Tuesday that it has licensed its solar power technology for the construction of up to 1 gigawatt of solar farms in India over the next decade. The deal with Indian conglomerate ACME Group marks India’s first move into large-scale solar power and is the biggest announced foray of [...]
Big Solar’s software solution
Posted in alternative energy, BrightSource Energy, climate change, energy, environment, eSolar, green startups, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison, tagged BrightSource Energy, eSolar, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison on February 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
photo: eSolar SAN FRANCISCO — “It’s all about the software,” says eSolar CEO Bill Gross. The tech entrepreneur and founder of startup incubator Idealab is explaining how eSolar’s solar power plants can produce carbon-free electricity cheaper than planet-warming natural gas. At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Gross flashes a photo of eSolar’s demonstration solar [...]
Coal-fired utility signs big solar deal
Posted in alternative energy, climate change, energy, environment, eSolar, global warming, Google, PG&E, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison, tagged coal-fired utilities, eSolar, NRG Energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison on February 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
photo: eSolar NRG Energy, one of the United States’ most coal-dependent utilities, on Monday signed a deal with California startup eSolar to develop solar power plants. The agreement calls for NRG to invest $10 million in Pasadena-based eSolar for the right to use the startup’s technology to develop and operate three solar power projects in [...]
Ausra exits solar power plant building business
Posted in Ausra, BrightSource Energy, energy, enviro startups, environment, eSolar, First Solar, green financing, green startups, green tech, PG&E, renewable energy, San Diego Gas & Electric, solar energy, solar power plants, Stirling Energy Systems, SunPower, tagged Ausra, Bob Fishman, BrightSource Energy, financial crisis, layoffs, solar power plants on January 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
photo: Ausra When Green Wombat sat down for a chat with Ausra founder David Mills back in September 2007, he allowed that it was not unreasonable to expect the Silicon Valley solar startup to soon be building several massive megawatt solar power plants a year. The optimism was not unwarranted. After all, in the space [...]
Solar power: Not just for electricity
Posted in alternative energy, Ausra, energy, environment, eSolar, green tech, solar energy, solar power plants, tagged Ausra, Carrizo Plains, enhanced oil recovery, eSolar, Kimberlina, Robert Fishman, solar power plant on October 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
photos: Ausra Silicon Valley startup Ausra fired up a five-megawatt solar power plant outside Bakersfield Thursday, the first big solar station to go online in California in nearly two decades. Ausra has a 20-year contract with utility PG&E (PCG) for a 177-megawatt solar power plant to be built some 70 miles away on the Carrizo [...]
A green credit crunch?
Posted in climate change, electric cars, enviro startups, environment, eSolar, geothermal, global warming, Google, green financing, green startups, green tech, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison, Uncategorized, wind power, tagged Cool Earth Solar, credit crunch, eSolar, green tech, Ormat Technologies, renewable energy on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
photo: eSolar If Wall Street’s implosion can feel remote on the West Coast, where green tech startups largely rely on Silicon Valley venture capital, there may be no escaping the fallout from the credit crunch. Still, even those renewable energy companies tapping East Coast cash have powered ahead amid the chaos on the Street. Take [...]
Brainstorm Tech tackles Al Gore’s energy challenge
Posted in alternative energy, energy, energy efficiency, environment, eSolar, Google, green policy, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, tagged Al Gore, Brainstorm Tech, Google, renewable energy challenge, Vint Cerf on July 23, 2008 | 21 Comments »
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. – Green Wombat has been at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference the past few days, the highlight of which for me was leading a session on energy with Vint Cerf. Known as the “father of the Internet” for his role in co-creating its underlying technology, Cerf is now a Google (GOOG) vice [...]
Google-backed solar company scores big utility deal
Posted in alternative energy, Ausra, energy, environment, eSolar, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison, Stirling Energy Systems, tagged Ausra, Bill Gross, BrightSource Energy, eSolar, San Diego Gas & Electric, solar energy, solar power plants, Southern California Edison on June 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
eSolar, the solar energy startup founded by Idealab’s Bill Gross and backed by Google, has signed a 20-year contract to supply utility Southern California Edison with 245 megawatts of green electricity. The solar power plant will be built in 35-megawatt modules, with the first phase set to go online in 2011. As Green Wombat reported [...]
